Gr. Pros. [Gr. κομμάτιον short clause, dim. of κόμμα COMMA.] A short lyrical passage in a drama.
1879. L. Campbell, Sophocles (ed. 2), I. 122. The central episode is broken by a commation (a minor lyrical dialogue in the midst of a scene). Ibid., 120. The dochmiacs of the commation and commos.
